5-Minute Really True Stories for Bedtime: 30 Amazing Stories: Featuring Frozen Frogs, King Tut's Beds, the World's Biggest Sleepover, the Phases of th
Why do we sleep? How do sharks snooze underwater? Where is the oldest bed in the world?
In this compendium of 5-minute really true stories about bedtime, you can go on a journey of wonder and learning to find out the answers to all these questions, and many more!
Travel to Ancient Egypt to explore the beds of Tutankhamun, jet off into space to see how astronauts get ready for bed, or even plunge underwater to learn how hibernating turtles breathe through their bottoms! There are 30 amazing 5-minute stories, with all facts verified by Britannica.
Lavishly illustrated on every page with specially commissioned artwork, and packed full of up-to-the-minute, expert information, this book is the ultimate brainy bedtime companion for children aged 4 to 8.
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Selected for the Children's Book Council Notable Social Studies List 2022
"What better way to induce drowsiness in young pillow plumpers than short, fascinating introductions to the bedding-down behavior of creatures? ... This compendium of night-related knowledge ranges well beyond the bedroom as well as Eurocentric confines ... The painted illustrations on every page are consistent in their bright hues and simple cartoon style. Human figures are diverse in dress and racial presentation, and nearly everyone (animals included) smiles." - Kirkus Reviews
"The ultimate brainy bedtime companion for children aged 4 to 9." - Janelle Randazza, USA Today"This book has 30 amazing 5-minute stories with great illustrations and all facts verified by Britannica. If you have a kid like one of my daughters, who prefers reading about science, history, and 'things that actually happened, ' this one's a winner." - Asia McLain, BuzzFeed
"This book feeds that inner curious child." - Rose Metayer, Youth Services Book Review
"Lavishly illustrated on every page with specially commissioned artwork, and packed full of up-to-the-minute, expert information."- Midwest Book Review
